Société de Spéléologie
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| Abbreviation | FFS |
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| Formation | 1 June 1963 |
| Founders | Albert Cavaillé, B. Chatelain, Noëlle Chochon, Paul Dubois, René Ehinger, G. Garby, Jean-Jacques Garnier, J. Lautier, Guy de Lavaur, Michel Letrône, Géo Marchand, J.-C. Marie, A. Munier, Roger Nuffer, J. Paloumé, C. Peltier, Claude Pommier, Philippe Renault, J.-L. Roudil, Henri Salvayre, Roger Séronie-Vivien and Jean Thomas |
| Merger of | Société spéléologique de France (SSF) and Comité national de spéléologie (CNS) |
| Purpose | Union of all persons practicing or studying caving and canyoning |
| Headquarters | 28 Rue Delandine, Lyon (Rhône) |
| Coordinates | 45°44′42″N 4°49′32″E / 45.7450°N 4.8256°ECoordinates: 45°44′42″N 4°49′32″E / 45.7450°N 4.8256°E |
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Region
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France |
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Membership (2014)
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7,853 |
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Official language
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French |
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Secretary General
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Dominique Lasserre |
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President
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Laurence Tanguille |
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Vice-President
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Jean-Pierre Holvoët |
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Treasurer
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José Prévot |
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| Affiliations | European Speleological Federation (FSE); International Union of Speleology (UIS) |
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Staff
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6 |
| Slogan | "Travel below the horizon" (Voyagez sous l'horizon) |
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| Website | ffspeleo |
The French Federation of Speleology (FFS), or Fédération Française de Spéléologie, is a French organisation that represents all persons practicing or studying caving and canyoning and promotes the study and conservation of caves.
It was formed in 1963 by the amalgamation of two organisations, the Comité national de spéléologie (CNS), or National Committee of Speleology, and the Société spéléologique de France (SSF), or Speleological Society of France.
Founded by Édouard-Alfred Martel in 1895, the Société de spéléologie was the first organisation of its kind in Europe. Between 1895 and 1900 the society published a journal entitled Spelunca. The society folded in 1914 at the start of World War I.
After the First World War, French speleology was represented mainly by Norbert Casteret and Robert de Joly, who continued the interrupted work of Martel's Société de spéléologie.
On 18 March 1930, an organisational meeting led to the creation of the Spéléo-club de France, whose headquarters were set up at Montpellier, in the headquarters of the Department of Agriculture. Members of the organisation included: Martel (Honorary Chairman), de Joly (Chairman), Degrully (Vice President), Casteret, Bernard Gèze, l'Abbé Giry, Guy de Lavaur, Fournier, Milhau and Contejean, among others. The goal of the club was to liaise between cavers and help develop the activities of miners underground. The association offered assistance (including financial) to cavers and prepared special legislation for the exploration, discovery and exploitation of underground systems.
The Spéléo-club de France published a quarterly newsletter and a Spelunca journal (2nd series) for the publication of scientific papers and detailed accounts of exploration.
On 1 March 1936, proposed by Bernard Gèze, the Spéléo-club de France became the Société spéléologique de France (SSF), residing in Nîmes at the Natural History Museum. The intention was to give national status to a hitherto only regional group. The SSF admitted subsidiaries and affiliates. It also continued the publication of Spelunca. The first national speleological conference took place in Mazamet in 1939.
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